Full course description
Build an ethical foundation of trust with patients, the public, and research participants as you explore the relationship between health literacy and health equity, social justice, and community-based initiatives.
- Lesson 1: You’ll learn how to use teach-back to ensure that patients understand you, use shared decision making to help patients make a choice about healthcare, and communicate with patients from other cultures.
- Lesson 2: You’ll learn how to share bad news or medical errors in an ethical and empathetic manner, while promoting health literacy.
- Lesson 3: You’ll learn how to find current research and best practices related to health literacy. You’ll also learn how to evaluate health literacy research studies according to ethical standards.
- Lesson 4: You’ll learn about some ethical issues for conducting research that involves people. You’ll also learn how to promote health literacy when conducting research that involves people, and when obtaining consent for this type of research.
- Lesson 5: You’ll learn why it’s so important to disclose conflicts of interest, and how to disclose these conflicts. You’ll also learn why it’s so important to present accurate health information during the consent process, and how to present this information.
- Lesson 6: You’ll learn about key terms related to health equity and social justice. You’ll learn how improving health literacy contributes to health equity and social justice. You’ll also learn how to use the RESPECT model to communicate with patients from other cultures.
- Lesson 7: You’ll learn what co-creation is. You’ll also learn about health literacy and ethical reasons to co-create community-based health initiatives, and how to co-create these initiatives.
Complete all seven lessons and pass the summative exam to earn your Ethics digital credential.
This coursel takes approximately 7 hours to complete.